Reduce physical port connectivity requirements between top-of-rack (ToR) and blade servers with local switching, and help improve east-west traffic performance within the M1000e chassis.

Achieve Ethernet stacking using 40GbE ports and direct attach cables in a ring or daisy-chain topology. Stacking enables scalable network switch growth for up to six interconnected IOMs managed as one logical device across a single M1000e chassis or multiple chassis.